HFS Consultants Announces Bonni Brownlee Joins Firm's Clinical Operations Team

    OAKLAND, CA, October 14, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- HFS Consultants (HFS), a healthcare consulting firm providing management, financial, operational, regulatory, and strategic planning services to hospitals and healthcare organizations, announces that Bonni Brownlee has joined the firm as manager in the Clinical Operations practice. She will be based in the firm's Hawaii office.

Brownlee has over 25 years experience in health program development, operations, performance measurement, and quality management. For the past 10 years, she has focused on clinical practice transformation, providing expertise in practice redesign and evolution towards the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care to numerous primary care associations, clinical practices, health systems and health plans.

"Bonni's expert knowledge of primary care clinic operations across multiple business models, including FQHC, safety net, private practice, academic, hospital or those that are health-system affiliated will provide our clients with valuable care and management solutions," says Richard Gianello, CEO of HFS Consultants.

In addition to her work in clinical practice transformation, Brownlee provides clinic operations expertise to HIT strategic planning, EHR system selection and implementation, electronic referral systems, telemedicine programs, and community-wide health information exchange initiatives.

Brownlee has a master's degree in healthcare administration from the University of San Francisco. She holds several credentials and certifications including the CPHQ (Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality) credential, has expertise in health information technology as a CPEHR (Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records), and has earned the PCMH-CCE (certified content expert) credential from the National Association for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Her clinical background is in medical technology.

About HFS Consultants
HFS Consultants offers a broad range of services focused on the needs of hospitals and other healthcare facilities for financial, strategic, clinical and management operations. Since 1991, healthcare organizations have made HFS an integral part of their financial and business operations. The company's mission is to make a positive impact on the business performance of its clients by creating and applying innovative solutions to demanding healthcare issues.

For more information, visit our website or call the firm's Oakland, California headquarters at 800-888-4966.

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